First-Round Voting For the 57th Annual GRAMMY AWARDS® Going on Now!

Ballots for the first round of voting (to determine who the nominees will be) for the 2015 GRAMMYS® were mailed to voting members October 15th, and must be returned no later than November 5th. The nominations will be announced the first week of December, and final ballots will go out on December 17th.  (The final ballots are due back January 16th and the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards® Airs Live on CBS Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.)

Here are the 18 eligible entries from Hawaiʻi in the Regional Roots category (part of the American Roots Music field):

Me Ke Aloha
Lito Arkangel

Hū’ewa
Hū’ewa

Music for the Hawaiian Islands Vol 1
Kuana Torres Kahele

Seeds of Aloha 
George Kahumoku Jr.

Swaying Sea
Kaiholu

D-Tour
John Keawe

Hanuʻaʻala
Kamaka Kukona

I Know You by Heart
Kupaoa

Na Pua Mohala
Kupaoa & Kaulana

Meleʻuhane
Keikilani Lindsey

Made in Hawaii
Chino Montero

Ala Iki
Kapono Na`ili`ili

Pure ʻUkulele
Herb Ohta, Jr.

Kani Pu Kolu
Cyril Pahinui

Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Vol. 3
Various Artists


Napili
Waipuna

Ki Hoʻalu Christmas
Jim Kimo West

Lei Maile
Mark Yamanaka

Good luck to all the entrants!

(Note: we still do not have enough entries to qualify to get our own [separate] category back. Please be sure to contact me or the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts next year for assistance in entering your album or EP for consideration. The qualifying period (release date) is different than it is for the Hōkū Awards, so watch for information next summer!)

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